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Author Silber, Tony, author

Title Twelve days : how the Union nearly lost Washington in the first days of the Civil War / Tony Silber
Published Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

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Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Day Ten: Tuesday, April 23, 1861 -- 1. Why Don't They Come? -- Day One: Sunday, April 14 -- 2. The Evacuation of Sumter -- 3. Washington, the Secessionist City -- Day Two: Monday, April 15 -- 4. "If I Were Beauregard I Would Take Washington" -- 5. Northern Militia in Tatters -- Day Three: Tuesday, April 16 -- 6. "Take Washington City Immediately" -- Day Four: Wednesday, April 17 -- 7. Virginia's Decision -- Day Five: Thursday, April 18 -- 8. The First Defenders
9. Washington Prepares for the Worst -- 10. Indecision at the Navy Yard and Harpers Ferry Is Lost -- Day Six: Friday, April 19 -- 11. The New York Seventh Departs -- 12. The Baltimore Riots -- 13. Insurrection in Maryland -- Days Six and Seven: Friday, April 19-Saturday, April 20 -- 14. Washington Cut Off and Insurrection Rages in Maryland -- Day Seven: Saturday, April 20 -- 15. A New Route to Washington -- 16. The Fortified Capital -- Day Eight: Sunday, April 21 -- 17. Confederate Troops Move North -- 18. A Northern Convoy Departs -- 19. Brinksmanship in Washington
Day Nine: Monday, April 22 -- 20. A Torrent of Federal Resignations -- 21. General Butler, the Belligerent Brigadier -- Day Ten: Tuesday, April 23 -- 22. Stalled in Annapolis -- 23. New York's Irish Join the Fight -- Day Eleven: Wednesday, April 24 -- 24. The March of the Seventh and Eighth Regiments -- Day Twelve: Thursday, April 25 -- 25. Washington Is Saved -- Friday, April 26-Monday, April 29 -- 26. The Aftermath -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Told in real time, this is the story of President Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet, and his military commanders during the first days of the Civil War
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2023)
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205
Subject United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781640125902
1640125906
9781640125896
1640125892